WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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The federal government ended racial segregationin the nation’s armed forces
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The United States acquired its first overseascolonies as a result of the war
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American intervention prevented Europeanmeddling in the Western Hemisphere
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The United States participated in a major war inEurope for the first time
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Detailed explanation-1: -1. Explain why the period from 1914 to 1918 is viewed as a turning point in U.S. history? It is the first time for the US to participate in a major war in Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -After 1945, historians found the term “First World War” appropriate because they saw 1914-1918 as the first of a particular type of international conflict-the world’s first industrialised “total” war-which had been followed by a second industrialised world war of this kind-1939-1945.
Detailed explanation-3: -When World War I broke out in Europe in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson declared the U.S. neutral. By 1917, President Wilson announced, “the world must be made safe for democracy” which brought the nation into war, reshaping its role in the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Germany’s resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 became the primary motivation behind Wilson’s decision to lead the United States into World War I.
Detailed explanation-5: -When WWI began in Europe in 1914, many Americans wanted the United States to stay out of the conflict, supporting President Woodrow Wilson’s policy of strict and impartial neutrality. “The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name during these days that are to try men’s souls.